Chapter 13 Flashcards
What area was under joint occupation with Britain in the early 1800’s?
Oregon
How did the mountain men of Oregon make a living?
Trapping beavers
Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?
Fertile land
What is Manifest Destiny?
Belief that America should expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean
Who recruited 300 American families to help settle land in Mexico?
Stephen F. Austin
Who led the Mexican troops in the Battle of the Alamo?
Santa Anna
Who was the backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered fight at the Alamo?
Davy Crocket
What did the defenders of the Alamo do for the Texan fight?
Bought time for other Texan troops
Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?
Sam Houston
What was the surprise attack that killed 600 Mexicans and captured 700 Mexicans,
including Santa Anna?
The Battle of San Jacito
What was the rallying cry of the men at this battle?
Remember the Alamo
What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?
The Lone Star Republic
What were the 3 reasons Polk was determined to control NM and CA?
Trade, to fulfill manifest destiny, and create a pathway to the Pacific ocean
Where did America believe the southern border of Texas was? Where did Mexico
believe it was?
Us thought it was the Rio Grande and Mexico thought the Nueces
What was the cause of the Mexican American War?
The Mexicans attacked a US fort in the disputed border area
What did Mexico end up losing after the war?
Texas area New Mexico and California
The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe
What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?
California and New Mexico
Why did the Mormons go to Utah?
Freedom from persecution
Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake area?
Brigham Young
Who was the first Californian to discover gold on his property?
John Sutter
How were mining towns run if there were no jails or police?
Vigilance committees
What did the California Gold Rush do to the earth’s gold supply?
More than doubled it
Who was the Jewish Immigrant who sold the miners pants made of denim?
Levi Strauss
The Gold Rush had long lasting effects on what?
California’s economy
What finalized the American mainland?
The Gadsden Purchase
What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?
The railroads
Why did people from Ireland migrate to the US (What was wrong in their
country)?
The potato blight
What was “king” in the American South and what city was the “capital”?
Cotton
Who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres in the South?
Yeomen farmers
